Climate Research update Meeting Paris 1.5 °C goal could save tens of trillions of dollars Savings from damage avoidance estimated at 30 times higher than costs of meeting target Read article: Meeting Paris 1.5 °C goal could save tens of trillions of dollars
Ecosystems Research update Insects face calamitous habitat loss Unless nations act fast, habitat loss could rob half of all insects of over half their habitat. Other creatures, too, could suffer in a 3 °C warmer world Read article: Insects face calamitous habitat loss
Climate Research update Rising temperatures could boost antibiotic resistance Study links warmth and population density to antibiotic resistant bacteria Read article: Rising temperatures could boost antibiotic resistance
Environmental policy Podcasts Learning from the ozone solution Nobel laureate Mario Molina and Lorraine Whitmarsh discuss climate politics Read article: Learning from the ozone solution
Ecosystems Research update Kelp forests under threat from acid seas Submarine tangles of brown seaweeds may not survive steady change of ocean chemistry Read article: Kelp forests under threat from acid seas
Water Research update Wet areas getting wetter, GRACE reveals Satellite finds major shifts in freshwater distribution Read article: Wet areas getting wetter, GRACE reveals
Climate Research update Missing 1.5 °C climate goal could double number of people at risk At 2 °C of temperature rise, 29% of global population likely to face difficulties in water, energy, food and environment Read article: Missing 1.5 °C climate goal could double number of people at risk
Climate Research update Switching oil type could cut emissions Shale and other "light tight" oils emit less greenhouse gas Read article: Switching oil type could cut emissions
Renewables Research update How clean is tropical hydropower? Emissions from some Mekong reservoirs as high as from fossil-fuel plants Read article: How clean is tropical hydropower?
Climate News UK and US scientists tackle Antarctic glacier International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration will study melting in "race against time" Read article: UK and US scientists tackle Antarctic glacier